In Zakopane, as in other parts of Poland under partitions, people waited for the opportunity to declare independence. On October 13, 1918, a civic assembly was held. Five hundred participants chose a 32-member board, headed by...
The ‘Seven Summit Run’ lasts uninterruptedly for 52 hours, during which the participants cover 240 kilometres through the mountains. For two days the runners are deprived of sleep or rest, they do not even stop to eat. After a...
Russia is unbeatable and will successfully fight any enemy – say the Russians. A famous Soviet war song Sacred War can be heard again both in Moscow and in the Crimean. For over 80% of Russian the victory of the Soviet Union in...
The documentary shows the Elbląg-Ostróda Canal where the machines in use are 150 years old. It is the only place in the world where ships can sail on the grass and rhythm of the canal machine’s motion wheel is intertwined with...
Ewelina and her friend, Grażyna, support each other in their constant, everyday struggle in communicating with their sons who are comatose patients of The Alarm Clock Clinic in Warsaw, in which more than fifty children have...
In the mid-1990s, a group of friends fascinated by MTV and American rap formed a band Mistic Molesta, as an expression of its rebellion against the grim reality of living in Ursynów, one of Warsaw districts. The band did...
The film focuses on the ongoing investigation which aim is to determine the true birthplace of the Piast dynasty. Is it, as commonly believed, Gniezno or perhaps the no longer existing Kalisz-Zawodzie castle? Archaeologists,...
This documentary shows romantic relationships in various corners of the globe: Indonesian interior, Himalaya, North India, Russia, Poland and France. It proves that even universal feelings look different in various culture...
The history of ancient cultures and the picture of contemporary inhabitants of the Nile Valley which is the area known as the birthplace of civilization. It is a fascinating journey along the Nile from Khartoum to Alexandria....
The largest production made in the area of the Vatican. The authors entered places previously unavailable for film crews. The former personal photographer of John Paul II called Arturo Mari played the key role in making of this...
Touching story of Irena Sendler who rescued 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during WWII. Three high school students in the US, having learned about Mrs Sendler’s lot and heroic efforts, decided to come over to...
It is a story of American soldiers and the U.S. stabilisation mission in Afghanistan. The film presents how the troops struggle with the demons of war and try to put their lives together after the return to their homeland. The...
The film explains the phenomenon of Volodymyr Zelensky’s popularity and how he uses the mandate generously granted by the Ukrainian society. Is the absolute power and weakness of the state tempting enough to start authoritarian...
It is a concert of the new Polish orchestra Sinfonia Iuventus. The initiative to establish this orchestra came from the eminent conductor Jerzy Semkow. This was an impulse which prompted the establishment of a youth symphony...
A film about the post-war fate of Home Army soldiers – murdered, imprisoned or harassed by the communist authorities in Poland. The viewers get to know the story of Major Danuta Szyksznian-Ossowska. In 1944 she was caught by...
The documentary is an attempt to portray one of the major creators of Polish cinema. Krzysztof Kieślowski gained international acclaim and recognition for his outstanding works among others: the Decalogue cycle, Three colours...
A young Belarusian artist leaves her husband in Minsk to visit her friend, an elderly painter Andrzej Strumillo, in his idyllic manor house in Poland. It is a fairy-tale place, surrounded by marshland and a river. There are...
The film presents the region of northeastern Syria, i.e. Rojava during the first three weeks of Turkish military operation. The film tries to answer the following questions: what does this war really look like and how much...